1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Colorado House District 40
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Joe Winkler (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Steve Hogan (D) by 9.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe WinklerRepublican · winner
54.7%19,471
Steve HoganDemocrat · incumbent
45.3%16,150
35,621 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET